DonIsOld

Marathon Man

2009-02-07T07:18:36Z

In 2004 I went for a stretch of 150 hours without changing my underwear. I know this because I've been reading old LiveJournal entries.

Also I used to go to a LOT of parties.

Blizzard of the Month Update for Wednesday

2009-01-06T20:27:23Z

And the lord said unto Dairy Queen, "Create a new fucking blizzard!" and so it was done.

I've been ignoring DQ for a while now. The lack of a seasonal December blizzard in Canada irked me a little, and it's been ages since we saw a new flavour storm the landscape. That's all change though, as the January Blizzard of the Month is Turtle Oreo! Pecans, Oreo bits, and sickly sweet caramel.

It's a winner.

Don't Let it Win

2008-12-08T07:01:35Z

Things I learned about people with Tourettes from watching the Hallmark Hall of Fame production "Front of the Class":

-they REALLY like Milli Vanilli

-all they want to do is teach

-they don't let tourettes rule their lives... they just obsess about it ALL THE TIME

-2nd graders with cancer love them

Things I learned about 2nd grade girls with cancer:

-they like bunny rabbits

-their mothers look like wiccan elves

-their grandparents cry a lot at Thanksgiving

Christmas List

2008-12-06T00:21:30Z

The Last Pogo

Buffet: All You Can Eat Las Vegas

Personality Crisis: Warm Beer and Wild Times

45 Revolutions

Boo Coalition

2008-12-01T17:36:25Z

If Michael Ignatieff somehow winds up as PM through some bullshit coalition twist-of-fate, I'm going to throw a fit.

Chretien

2008-11-28T17:03:17Z

Chretien was seen on his way to his downtown Ottawa office, but when asked about the coalition talks he feigned an inability to understand English.

"Je ne comprends pas anglais," he said.

Transformers

2008-11-09T06:12:51Z

This is mainly for Helen's benefit, as I think she's the only person who ever listened to/enjoyed this.

It's about 2/3 of a Transformers movie tribute show I did with another CFUV dude about 5 years ago:

http://drop.io/transformers

Boo Everyone

2008-09-26T06:33:32Z

The list of confirmed candidates for Victoria (and everywhere else) was released today. We don't have a single independent candidate in our riding. Total bummer.

On a more positive note: I just bought two rumble paks and a memory card for ten bucks, the PRGz mixtape is supposed to be out Tuesday, Hieroglyphics are in town Sunday, and Pumpkin Pie Blizzard is mere days away from being back at DQ.

SUB

2008-09-19T06:38:40Z

UVIC SUB on strike is pretty weird. Last week almost all the bathrooms were closed, and most of the gates were closed as well. This week the upstairs bathroom is open and all the gates are open. Also some random lady was playing piano upstairs at 9:00pm for about half an hour. She was pretty good. It was totally surreal.

Election-a-go-go

2008-09-09T23:33:15Z

Election blogging just got 10bajillionacilliongillion times better with the long awaited return of Kyoto's Dog Blog.

Best shit you'll read all day.

Some Gems...

2008-09-07T18:04:34Z

From Maclean's Live-Blog of Rideau Hall action:

8:17:25 AM
He’s here! A full convoy of him - “four cars to get across the street,” notes one of my colleagues.

He’s in a suit - not a sweater vest. “Mr. Prime Minister, how do you feel?” Bob Fife bellows as he strides past. We can’t make out the answer, but Bob Fife assures Canadians, “He’s feeling good, Craig.”

Yeah. This is why they mock us.

8:55:19 AM
David Akin wonders why voters should think about the fact that Harper is a “family man” - and is Dion a “family man” too? Well, he does have a family, but somehow, I’m thinking there’s more to it than that in the cold, calculating world of psychographic marketing.

It’s fascinating to watch the Muttartian-induced reaction to Harper’s response. He’s going on and on and on about family, and ends by saying that he “presumes” that Dion, who has been married “a long time” also “has children”, which makes him a family man too.
He presumes? Doesn’t he know?

9:08:42 AM
Peter Harris asks about the Dreaded Hidden Agenda, and the PM points out that the Liberals have an entirely out in the open tax and spend agenda. So there! Big spending and tax increases, or fiscal responsibility and certainty? Death or cake? Cyanide or kittens?

September Blizzard of the Month

2008-09-06T23:16:03Z

The September Blizzard of the Month is Banana Cream Pie.

A little something to ease you into the triumph that is the perennial October Blizzard of the Month: Pumpkin Pie.

Election Fever!

2008-09-05T02:34:26Z

Man the new election commercials are great.

I really hope Elizabeth May ends up in the tv debates. I can't wait to see her get ripped apart.

Sad to see that Loyola Hearn won't be running for re-election. He always did a good job of standing up the anti-sealing assholes.

"There's a card deck in here. We have cats."

2008-09-05T00:01:49Z

Here's something that at least some of you will enjoy... PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PHONE SEX PANDA MATERIAL!!!

Yes after sitting for six years and collecting dust in my bedroom, I decided today to digitise "Hello and Goodbye (The Party Album)". This was recorded waaaaaay back in early 2002. It's the only Phone Sex Panda material that features me and Neil together. Because the tape had degenerated a fair bit, and because I didn't want to spend an assload of time remastering a stupid Phone Sex Panda tape. You'll notice a fair bit of noise, and also there's some weird stereo/mono stuff going on because all of sudden the tape went from stereo to mono. I've included the Gretzky song intro, even though there is no Gretzky song on the tape, and I don't ever remember recording it.

Anyhooo... enjoy this piece of history.

Phone Sex Panda-Hello and Goodbye (The Party Album)

One Way Spit

2008-08-16T07:30:25Z

It's hot as fuck in my basement and it smells like cats.

A few weeks ago I took the bus to Hope and ran into this girl I hadn't seen in like a year. She was wearing this shirt she took from me like 2 or 3 years ago. It was totally surreal.

Hope was aight. I pretty much just walked the dog a bunch and then played soccer on Monday. Went to Van for my cousin's birthday. Had some good chicken skewers, watched some olympic coverage — c'est la vie.

Going to Seattle on Sunday. Don't have anywhere to stay. It's going to be hot as hell. Should be decent though. Catatonic Youth have a show and so do Wax Museums.

I'm totally tired.

I have to write a 3 page reflective essay on my co-op experience. I've been putting it off for like a month... UGH.

I'm sweating like hell.

Nothing to do Nowhere to go

2008-07-30T22:54:46Z

I feel like I'm totally wasting summer.

The last two days I've just watched the Back to the Future Trilogy, played NHL 99 for hours, and read comics.

July 26th 2008

2008-07-26T19:17:35Z

Haven't rapped here in a while. What's happened in summer?

Worked for CBC, found out I really don't want to get stuck doing local news.

Went to Hornby and camped with some militant dog-kicking lesbian. Got to go swimming and fishing though, so it was actually pretty good.

Work is over now and all I want to do is leave town for a while, but I have no one to leave with, and nowhere to go.

July Blizzard of the Month

2008-06-30T05:38:07Z

This month's Blizzard is Brownie Batter Blaster.

It's a good one, I might just go check it out early at Hillside.

June Blizzard of the Month...

2008-06-04T02:54:23Z

...is Cotton Candy. Hasn't been long since we last saw Cotton Candy. It's a decent blizzard, but no classic.

May Blizzard of the Month

2008-05-06T01:43:34Z

Strawberry Cheesequake is the May Blizzard of the Month. Cheesequake blizzards have never excited me much (not being a cheesecake fan myself).

I tried this blizzard a few days ago, and although the artificial strawberry flavour is stimulating as ever, the little cheesecake bits aren't particularly pleasing.

Commie-Pinko-Nudists

2008-04-28T15:17:37Z

Peter Mckay was going off on the NDP last week, kind of funny in a way.

"Being a defence critic for the NDP is a bit like being a tailor in a nudist colony. There is lots to see, lots to talk about but at the end of the day they do not do anything. That is the naked truth about the NDP."

...but that's not all!

"Mr. Speaker, again, it is not only cynical, it is hypocritical for the member from the NDP to be getting up and somehow trying to suggest that she is worried about the health, welfare and well-being of the Canadian Forces.

On every occasion we have brought legislation, we have brought bills, we have brought initiatives before this House for support for the Canadian Forces, the veterans and their families, that member and that party in the communist corner have voted against them."

Ohhhhhhhhhh the glorious rhetoric.

donisold @ 2008-04-26T23:33:00

2008-04-27T06:52:18Z

There's been a phone downstairs now for months, but I still never answer the phone. It's always some fuckin telemarketer, or someone else I don't know.

Sometimes I wonder if strangers think I'm rude. I probably am.

I met some kid tonight that's trying to start a French Horn fronted Black Metal band.

I went to Vancouver last weekend. Saw Aja's band finally. Randomly went to Mark Bennett's birthday party. Bought some records.

Start at CBC on Monday. Kind of anxious, afraid to fuck-up, but I know it doesn't really matter.

Anybody else seen those useless rim roller keychains? How many rims are you rolling that you need a fuckin tool for it.

I really need to vaccuum around here, it's fuckin filthy and probably not good for my health.

Back to Blizzard of the Month posts soon.

Peter Worthington is a C.

2008-04-17T17:53:31Z

http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Worthington_Peter/2008/04/17/5309861-sun.php

How to spot someone who as no argument... they start calling people nazis.

ps. "Calling the annual slaughter a "hunt" implies the possibility of failure, of not bringing a prey to bay, where it is killed."

umm. ever heard of fuckin shot and lost (or whatever the correct term is)? A number of seals that are shot, aren't recovered — they disapear under the ice and generally die underwater. That's one of the issues anti-sealers have with the hunt.

How after two independent veterinary reviews in a span of three years, and multiple other studies, are people still calling this barbarism. Just stop it.

Love for Loyola

2008-04-15T19:04:49Z

http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Granatstein_Rob/2008/04/15/5289426-sun.php

Loyola Hearn rules. Fuck you if you disagree.

Whateeeeeevvvvvvverrrrrrr Mannnnnnnnnnnnn

2008-04-10T02:10:49Z

Been more into the Burger Blog than this one lately. Burger Blog has its first original video content now. Check it out: www.vicburgers.blogspot.com

Not much else going on over here, just sittin around waiting for things to happen, as per usual.